But Noah found grace in the eyes of the
LORD. . .Noah was a just man, perfect in his generations. Noah walked with God.
Genesis 6:8-9
No matter
how ungodly the environment you may be in, God will always find you and walk
with you. Noah lived in perhaps the most wicked age in history. No one
worshiped God. All the people worshiped idols and pursued their own sinful
pleasures. Noah’s neighbors were evil; every person he associated with in the
marketplace, or along the street, or in public gatherings, ridiculed the very
thought of being faithful to God. Every temptation imaginable was abundantly
available to Noah. How oppressive such an environment would have been to a
righteous person!
The
people of Noah’s day were so wicked that God planned the most complete and
drastic act of judgment recorded in Scripture. Nevertheless, Noah was not lost
to God in the crowd of sinners. God noticed every act of Noah’s righteousness.
Noah had chosen to live uprightly before God despite what everyone around him
was doing, and God had observed him. There may have been times when Noah
wondered if it mattered if he lived a righteous life, since no one else was.
Yet he continued, and his persistence in righteousness saved his life and the
lives of his family members.
Are you
constantly surrounded by evil? Do you struggle at times to live a righteous
life when those you associate with each day have no concern for God? Find
assurance in the life of Noah. God watches you, even as He observed Noah. God
will seek you out of the crowd every time, and He wants to bless you and your
family just as He blessed Noah.
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